Famous NYC restaurant that charges $365 for dinner dumps vegan menu because it wasn’t making enough money
A iconic New York City restaurant accusing Diners $ 365 for high-level taste dinners left the All-vegan menu for not making enough money.
Eleven Madison Park, a high -level restaurant sitting in the corner of Madison Boulevard and 24th St -right next to the famous Madison Square Park.
For the last four years, the restaurant has offered seven to nine tasting menu with only all vegan dishes.
However, chef – Daniel Humm – now decided to re -introduce animal products to the menu and referred to financial stress as part of the cause.
Humm also claimed that the New York Times did not want to ‘exclude people’ and brought the meat back for the sake of hospitality.
“I believed in the All-in approach, but I didn’t realize that we would exclude people,” he said.
‘Oh, oh, he’s a hypocritical, “I have a concern, but I know that the best way to continue to be the champion of plant -based dishes is to allow everyone to join the table. “
As for financial struggles, Humm reported that the restriction and the level of creativity and labor needed to ensure that the work was strong during last year.
Eleven Madison Park, an iconic New York City restaurant
For the last four years, the restaurant has presented seven to nine types of taste menu with only all vegan dishes.
Chef – Daniel Humm (in Picture) – Now he decided to re -introduce animal products to the menu by referring to financial stress as part of the cause
Humm also said that the Vegan menu did not take major activities such as corporate dinner.
“It is difficult to come to a plant -based restaurant for 30 people for a corporate dinner,” he said.
Another hit wine sales received by the restaurant. Humm, “ `wine enthusiasts Grand Cru, goes with meat, ” he said.
The new meat inclusive menu will start on October 14th. Nevertheless, it will offer seven to nine courses for $ 365 and will still be largely plant -based, but some dishes will contain meat.
A statement published by Eleven Madison Park and Humm on Instagram said: ‘The change is the basis for who we are and how we grow … We will integrate into a menu embracing our new kitchen language from October 14th.
‘Of course we will present a plant -based menu, but we will choose animal products for certain meals …’
Restaurant goers will have the opportunity to choose to include certain meat or seafood options in certain dishes.
This will include the possibility of oyster, lobster and dry old duck covered with lavender honey selected by critics.
Humm is also considering adding a chicken food to the taste menu.
Diners can still do this.
Humm said that the vegan menu did not take big activities – like corporate dishes
Eleven Madison Park is a high -level restaurant sitting right next to Madison Boulevard and next to the 24th St – Famous Madison Square Park.
The full vegan menu was introduced by Humm in 2021, when it was closed for 15 months due to Covid.
Humm has worked with Pandemik struggle bankruptcy and Rethink Food-Another non-profit organization that offers millions of free meals to workers, and less nature member of the NYC community.
During this time, Humm came to see luxury foods, expensive animal products such as goose gras and caviar and carefully welded foods prepared with skills and creativity.
When Humm announced the Vegan menu in 2021, he told the New York Times, “ We could not return to what we did before, ” he said.
There were critics by a creative chef by a plant -based pivot that once created a menu that required the waiters to make card tricks.
In the meantime, others doubted that people would pay hundreds of dollars for vegan dishes.
Some see the decision as an important movement towards sustainability, because people become more aware of how the foods they consume affect the environment.
The restaurant has gained mixed assessments on vegan days, but in general it was very high.
In 2021, the New York Times critic Pete Wells had very little time for a certain thirsty beet plate served in a clay container on the table, and smelled like a taste like a lemon hostage and a burning joint ‘.
Some critics saw plant -based pivot by a creative chef as another ambitious stunt.
The restaurant won mixed comments on vegan days, but generally it was very high.
Eleven Madison Park has 4.4 stars in Google reviews, 4.3 in YÜKP and an impressive 4.7 stars in the Resy – where it was rated about 7,000 times.
With just a handful of bad assessments, most of the vegan food complaints about.
I visited eleven Madison Park before my “ pandemi and had an incredible experience. Unfortunately, after vegan decided to go, I didn’t hear the best things about this place, ” he wrote.
They continued: ‘Unfortunately, I think food is a complete miss. As you can see in my other investigations, I’m not just a vegan food fan. ‘
Another investigation said: ‘When I lived in vegan and I lived in California for a while, I had incredible vegan dishes, so I was comparing it and I must say that I was extremely disappointed.’
